Patents Assigned to Rohm and Haas
  • Compositions and processes for photolithography
    Patent number: 8883400
    Abstract: Topcoat layer compositions are provided that are applied above a photoresist composition. The compositions find particular applicability to immersion lithography processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Deyan Wang, Chunyi Wu
  • Coating compositions suitable for use with an overcoated photoresist
    Patent number: 8883407
    Abstract: In one aspect, organic coating compositions, particularly antireflective coating compositions, are provided that comprise a diene/dienophile reaction product. In another aspect, organic coating compositions, particularly antireflective coating compositions, are provided that comprise a component comprising a hydroxyl-naphthoic group, such as a 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic group Preferred compositions of the invention are useful to reduce reflection of exposing radiation from a substrate back into an overcoated photoresist layer and/or function as a planarizing, conformal or via-fill layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: John P. Amara, James F. Cameron, Jin Wuk Sung, Gregory P. Prokopowicz
  • Soluble shell polymer composition and method for its preparation
    Patent number: 8883880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a soluble shell polymer composition comprising an alkali soluble emulsion polymer shell and an alkali insoluble emulsion polymer core, which composition is stabilized by a surfactant of the formula R—(OCH2CH2)2-6OSO3?M+, where R is a linear, branched, or cyclic C8-C24 alkyl or C12-C18 aralkyl group and M+ is a counterion. The invention further relates to a method of preparing the composition and its use as a binder in coatings formulations. Formulations prepared with the soluble shell polymer composition have excellent freeze-thaw profiles and hiding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Monica Luckenbach, Ozzie M. Pressley, Wei Zhang
  • Durable thermoset binder compositions from 5-carbon reducing sugars and use as wood binders
    Patent number: 8883886
    Abstract: The present invention provides thermosetting aqueous binder compositions of (i) one or more diprimary diamine, e.g. lysine, or poly(primary amine), e.g. polyethylenimine and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, and (ii) one or more 5-carbon reducing sugar, such as xylose. The binders are at least substantially formaldehyde free and cure rapidly at temperatures sufficiently low and with sufficiently little swelling to enable one to provide wood or woody material containing articles, such as particle board, oriented strand board and bamboo boards or articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Charles J. Rand, Barry Weinstein, Drew E. Williams
  • SULFUR ACID FUNCTIONALIZED LATEX POLYMER
    Publication number: 20140329957
    Abstract: The present invention is a process for preparing a multistage polymer by contacting under emulsion polymerization conditions an acrylic monomer, a sulfur acid monomer, and a phosphorous acid monomer as described herein. The present invention is also a composition comprising a nonionic surfactant and a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, a sodium vinylbenzenesulfonate, and phosphoethyl methacrylate; wherein the polymer particles have a Tg of less than 10° C. The composition of the present invention is useful as a binder for coatings compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: James C. Bohling, Arnold S. Brownell, Catherine A. Finegan
  • Microsphere based wall repair compound
    Patent number: 8877836
    Abstract: The present invention is a drying composition comprising spherical beads and a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles and also a dried composition of the spherical beads and a polymer film. The composition is useful as a wall repair formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Adam Fasula, James Bohling
  • Phosphorous-containing organic polymer and compositions and processes including same
    Patent number: 8877852
    Abstract: An organic polymer including internal pendant phosphorous acid groups at a level of >0.25% phosphorus by weight based on the weight of said organic polymer, the phosphorus acid groups being separated from the backbone of the organic polymer by no more than 2 alkylene glycol units, the organic polymer having an acid number of from 100 to 1,000, and a Mw of from 1,000 to 75,000, wherein the organic polymer has been formed by emulsion polymerization from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer is provided. Compositions further including an emulsion polymer including from 0.05% to 2% phosphorous, present as pendant phosphorous acid groups, by weight based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, and, optionally, an inorganic particle are also provided as are processes related to the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: James Charles Bohling, Matthew Stewart Gebhard, Thomas Glenn Madle, Alvin Michael Maurice, Robert Joseph Pafford, IV, William Douglas Rohrbach
  • MICROBIAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140322077
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing: (a) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of isopropyl methyl phenols and monosubstituted phenols and (b) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of p-menthene alcohols, menthadiene alcohols and other antimicrobial alcohols of a specified structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • MICROBIAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140322079
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing a selected from the class consisting of chlorinated phenols, fused bicyclic phenols, monosubstituted phenols and monosubstituted catechols and an antimicrobial alcohol selected from the class consisting of acyclic terpene alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140322145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and a method for disinfection involving the antimicrobial composition. It particularly relates to an antimicrobial composition for personal cleaning, oral care or hard surface cleaning applications. It was found that compositions comprising thymol, selected antimicrobial alcohols and a carrier provide synergistic antimicrobial action. In a preferred aspect the composition also comprises 1 to 80%-wt of one or more surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140322076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and a method for disinfection involving the antimicrobial composition. It particularly relates to an antimicrobial composition for personal cleaning, oral care or hard surface cleaning applications. It was found that compositions comprising one or more isopropyl-methylphenols, terpineol and a carrier provide synergistic antimicrobial action. In a preferred aspect the composition also comprises 1 to 80%-wt of one or more surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • NEW PROCESS FOR MAKING CROSSLINKABLE POLYURETHANE /ACRYLIC HYBRID DISPERSIONS
    Publication number: 20140323639
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new process of preparation for PUA with superior mechanical performance, such as elongation, and tensile strength. The process is solvent free, smooth, and robust. PU prepolymer prepared according to the present invention has low viscosity, and contains no particulate DMPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Jiguang Zhang, Shouxue Guo, Yujiang Wang, Shaoguang Feng, Siyuan Jiang, Caifeng Wang
  • COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20140322648
    Abstract: New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise one or more materials that can be substantially non-mixable with a resin component of the resist. Further preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise 1) Si substitution, 2) fluorine substitution; 3) hyperbranched polymers; and/or 4) polymeric particles. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventor: Deyan Wang
  • Method for the Preparation of N-Oxyl Hindered Amine Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20140323734
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition and method for the preparation of N-oxyl hindered amine esters by contacting a compound of Formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are independently an alkyl, with a compound of Formula (II), wherein R3 and R4 are independently an alkyl, and n is an integer from 3 to 10, in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one of tin, lithium, zirconium, and hafnium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Robert Wilczynski, Muhunthan Sathiosatham, Jamie J. Juliette, Lan T.P. Hoang Nguyen
  • Compositions and processes for immersion lithography
    Patent number: 8871428
    Abstract: New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprises two or more distinct materials that can be substantially non-mixable with a resin component of the resist. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronics Materials LLC
    Inventors: Deyan Wang, Cheng-Bai Xu, George G. Barclay
  • Method for chemical mechanical polishing tungsten
    Patent number: 8865013
    Abstract: A method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate comprising tungsten using a nonselective chemical mechanical polishing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Guo, Jerry Lee, Raymond L. Lavoie, Jr., Guangyun Zhang
  • Method for the recovery of uranium from pregnant liquor solutions
    Patent number: 8864872
    Abstract: A method for the recovery of uranium from pregnant liquor solutions that comprise levels of chloride of 5 to 80 g/L by using an amino phosphonic functionalized resin. The method includes providing an amino phosphonic functionalized resin; providing a pregnant liquor solution comprising and uranium; passining the pregnant liquor solution over the amino phosphonic functionalized resin to separate the uranium from the pregnant liquor solution; and eluting the uranium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Areski Rezkallah
  • Sulfonic acid monomer based compositions
    Patent number: 8865827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-soluble dispersant comprising structural units of a sulfonic acid monomer or a salt thereof and a co-monomer. The dispersant of the present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a way to improve the hiding efficiency of coatings compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies, LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Kevin J. Henderson, Thomas H. Kalantar, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera, Anurima Singh, Antony K. Van Dyk
  • Antibacterial polymer emulsion and coating composition
    Patent number: 8858926
    Abstract: An aqueous antibacterial polymer emulsion and coating compositions are provided. The aqueous antibacterial polymer emulsion comprising a polymer A, an oxidant and a metal complexed with a copolymer B comprising heterocyclic containing monomers; wherein the metal is selected from copper, silver, gold, tin, zinc and combinations thereof; and wherein the emulsion is heat stable. The coating compositions made therefrom provide persistent, broad spectrum antibacterial activity without discoloration problem upon exposure to heat and/or sun light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Xiangting Dong, Shuang Liang, Tao Wang, Qingwei Zhang
  • Heat stabilized polymeric composition with epoxidized fatty acid ester plasticizer
    Patent number: 8859654
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a polymeric composition containing a vinyl chloride resin and an epoxidized fatty acid ester. The polymeric composition also includes a heat stabilizing composition. The heat stabilizing composition includes a first metal salt, a second metal salt, and a ?-diketone. The epoxidized fatty acid ester is the primary, or the sole, plasticizer in the polymeric composition. The present polymeric composition finds advantageous application as a coating for wire and cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Scott Wills, Manish Mundra